Real estate sector opens new portal for sales

Agents and brokers embrace a once-unthinkable reality: selling homes without an in-person showing.

Neal Communities is one of several area homebuilders embracing virtual technology to sell homes.
Neal Communities is one of several area homebuilders embracing virtual technology to sell homes.
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The usual way of selling a home — in-person showings, mostly on demand — has long bothered Charlie Ashby. In the business for some 50 years, the president of Fort Myers-based VIP Realty says agent security and safety is a constant worry when one of the firm’s 150 agents are showing property.

 

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